What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name ROJEK, KEVIN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $53,962.03 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $53,961.85 | Date 03/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, CHERYL J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $53,961.80 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, MARTIN J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $53,961.54 | Date 09/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $53,961.43 | Date 03/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, TERRY J | Employer name Village of Gouverneur | Amount $53,961.18 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, JASON F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,960.72 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARBERICH, THOMAS J | Employer name Dunkirk City-School Dist | Amount $53,960.66 | Date 08/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, ARTHUR L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $53,960.64 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LINDA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,960.56 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERNIN, JEREMY Z | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $53,960.41 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNHARDT, HEIDI B | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 01/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTMAN, BARBARA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 12/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUNK, SPRING S | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 09/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, JUDITH A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, SHARON M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, LYNNE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 06/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISBANE, ROCHELLE L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, RACHEL A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, JUDITH L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, PEGGI L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 11/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORSKI, THOMAS E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADDEN, MARY H | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 10/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARPENKO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, MYRA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZIJARTO, SALLY M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,960.17 | Date 10/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIDE, JUSTIN T | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,959.92 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLETT, JACQUELYN C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $53,959.72 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMEL, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $53,959.50 | Date 10/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, ANDREW D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $53,959.25 | Date 09/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BRIAN R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $53,959.25 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS-CROSSFIELD, JOAN A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $53,959.24 | Date 11/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, SEAN D | Employer name Town of Colden | Amount $53,959.17 | Date 01/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYS, SAMANTHA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,959.07 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, AARON W | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $53,959.06 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITZ, NICOLE R | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $53,959.06 | Date 05/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOSTAK, TONI A | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $53,958.86 | Date 09/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELOSSANTOS, INGRID S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $53,958.64 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, WILLIAM W | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $53,958.41 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL-WEIDEMAN, WENDY M | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $53,957.95 | Date 09/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, KEVIN S | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $53,957.90 | Date 12/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DES PAIGNE, JOSE A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $53,957.44 | Date 05/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASHISHIAN, DEBRA D | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $53,956.97 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONE, TARA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $53,956.40 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, DONALD G | Employer name Indian River CSD | Amount $53,956.18 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, STEPHEN M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $53,956.04 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEABODY, MARK W | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,955.66 | Date 10/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, CHARLES A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $53,955.64 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, MARK D | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $53,955.17 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, GEORGE P | Employer name Germantown CSD | Amount $53,954.67 | Date 02/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEDEN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $53,954.25 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWOMEY, JOHN A R | Employer name Village of Canastota | Amount $53,954.17 | Date 03/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO BIANCO, ALFRED R | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $53,954.15 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRINGTON, KEVIN W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $53,954.04 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, DEREK N | Employer name Town of Shandaken | Amount $53,953.96 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, RONALD J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $53,953.62 | Date 11/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSONTAKIS-BRADLEY, IRENE | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,953.60 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,953.30 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLISON, BRADLEY W | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $53,952.94 | Date 05/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNK, REBECCA S | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $53,952.71 | Date 05/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNIEN, JACQUELINE | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $53,952.41 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURKOO, RAQUEL A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $53,952.29 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY-ANTICOLA, HEATHER | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,952.22 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHER, HEATHER L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,951.95 | Date 09/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCHI, PETER M | Employer name Town of Southport | Amount $53,951.84 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ELLEN M | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $53,951.73 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JANET | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $53,951.52 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCONE, PAUL D | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $53,951.14 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROCCI, MARIA C | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $53,950.38 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIE, JAMES F | Employer name Frontier CSD | Amount $53,949.90 | Date 06/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMANN, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $53,949.54 | Date 09/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, AMANDA K | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $53,949.32 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESQUIVEL, BRYAN | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $53,949.27 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TLSTY, ANN M | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $53,948.87 | Date 03/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLES, RUSSEL L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $53,948.85 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAM, JOSEPH J | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $53,948.48 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, THOMAS F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $53,947.99 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMLEY, ANN M | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $53,947.79 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ-POLIVY, THERESA A | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $53,947.59 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVEL-GROSS, BETH H | Employer name Uniondale Fire Dist | Amount $53,947.47 | Date 08/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIBOWITZ, GINA M | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $53,947.26 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILARSKI, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $53,947.18 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIDLICH, MOSES | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $53,947.08 | Date 12/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, STEVEN F, JR | Employer name Town of Putnam | Amount $53,946.97 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARE, KRISTINA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,946.96 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THERESA | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $53,946.58 | Date 02/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRONE, VIRGINIA A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $53,946.49 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARL, DEBRA A | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $53,945.94 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLLE, RONALD G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $53,945.83 | Date 02/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLABOUGH, ROBERT J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $53,945.23 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHANT, WENDY A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $53,945.15 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORSLEY-GUILLOT, JACQUELINE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,945.10 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERA, RICHARD | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,945.10 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,945.10 | Date 03/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TRACY A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $53,944.82 | Date 02/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNS, BARBARA A | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $53,944.75 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELAYA, MARCO, JR | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $53,944.56 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $53,944.39 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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